Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria

Infobox Two Sicilies Royalty|princess
name = Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia
full name = Maria Ludwiga Theresia
title = Duchess of Calabria


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spouse = Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
issue = Princess Maria Antonietta
Princess Maria Cristina
Prince Ruggero Maria, Duke of Noto
Princess Barbara Maria
Princess Lucia Maria
Princess Urraca Maria
royal house =House of Wittelsbach
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
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father =Ludwig III of Bavaria
mother =Maria Theresia of Austria-Este
date of birth =Birth date|1872|07|06
place of birth =Villa Amsee, Lindau, Bavaria, Germany
date of death = death date and age|1954|06|10|1872|07|06
place of death = Villa Amsee, Lindau, Bavaria, Germany
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Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavariacite web | url=http://thepeerage.com/p10565.htm#i105646| title=Marie Prinzessin von Bayern | date=24 May 2004 | accessdate=2008-10-05 | publisher= [http://thePeerage.com thePeerage.com] | author=Darryl Lundy] cite web | url=http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/bavaria.html| title=BAVARIA | date= | accessdate=2008-10-05 | publisher=Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site | author=Paul Theroff] (born 6 July 1872 at Villa Amsee in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany; died 10 June 1954 at Villa Amsee in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany) was a daughter of the final King of Bavaria, Ludwig III of Bavaria, and his wife Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. Her husband, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, became the head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 26 May 1934, thus she was titular Queen consort of the Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia married Prince Ferdinand Pius of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, eldest child and son of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and his wife Princess Antonietta of the Two Sicilies, on 31 May 1897 in Munich. The couple had six children:

*Princess Maria Antonietta, (1898–1957)
*Princess Maria Cristina, (1899–1985), married in 1948 to Manuel Sotomayor-Luna
*Prince Ruggero Maria, Duke of Noto, (1901–1914)
*Princess Barbara Maria Antonietta Luitpolda, (1902–1927), married in 1922 to count Franz Xaver zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
*Princess Lucia Maria Raniera, (1908–2001), married in 1938 to Eugenio di Savoia, duke of Ancona son of Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa (issue)
*Princess Urraca Maria Isabella Carolina Aldegonda, (1913–1999)

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